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Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
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Linden Street
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
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Marlton Avenue
Marlton Avenue in East Camden begins at Federal Street as an extension of State Street and runs east to the city limits; nearby houses were razed around 2006 for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School.
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Riley Street
Riley Street ran south from Washington Street for one block to Berkley Street, with ten two-story brick rowhouses. City directories list residents from 1875, and by 1947 only four houses remained.
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Bridge Avenue
Bridge Avenue was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares, lying between Federal and Mickle Streets. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street remained, and that too has long since vanished.
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Allen's Court
Allen's Court, sometimes referred to as Allen Court, ran south to north parallel to North 2nd Street. The court had six houses, originally numbered 102–112, and was gone by 1947.
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Main Street
Main Street is a diagonal street in North Camden running southeast from State and Point Streets. The 1878 city directory listed it as starting at the Vine Street Ferry.
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Judson Place
Judson Place ran for half a block north from 437 Stevens Street between West Street and South 5th Street in South Camden. Its two homes, at 439 and 441 Judson Place, were occupied as late as 1947 but have long since been razed.
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Jimmy Rodgers is Given 180 Days
Former Boxer Jailed on Speakeasy Charge, Held on Stolen Goods Count James "Jimmy" Rodgers , 28-year-old former boxer who on numerous occasions has run afoul of the law, was sentenced yesterday to serve 180 days in the county jail for operating a speakeasy at 1000 Segal Street .
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It's 'Agin the Law' to Sell Rum Here Without a License
Camden Courier-Post - February 11, 1933 Somebody opened a "store" at 15 South Fourth Street yesterday, without the formality of first obtaining a "soft drink license'.
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2 Brothers Arrested on Suit Theft Charge
Alfred Scott, 18, of 839 Bridge Avenue, and his brother Norman were arrested on larceny charges after stealing a suit from Charles Parker of Stevens Street.
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4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts
Four youths, including Walter Urban of 109 Allen's Court, were arrested and five bicycles recovered in a ring of bicycle thefts broken by Camden police. Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1933.
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4 Youths Arrested in Bicycle Thefts
A ring of bicycle thieves is believed by police to have been broken last night with the arrest of four youths and recovery of five bicycles and parts of several others.
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Manager Is Shot in Second Holdup of Store in Week
Store manager John Cullen was shot and near death after the second holdup of his American Store on Lansdowne Avenue in a week. Mounted Policeman Earl Wright arrested an armed suspect hours later at Third and Penn Streets.
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Found Wounded on Sidewalk at Kaighn Point
Joseph "Mose" Flannery, 26, Eighth ward political worker and slot machine distributor, lay dying in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital after being shot before dawn outside a saloon at Front street and Kaighn avenue. He refused to name his assailants — "My lips are sealed" — as Camden police and county detectives rounded up eight men and hunted for a motive.
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PA. Girl is Nabbed Here on Way to Get Married
Camden Courier-Post - February 20, 1928 Because she wanted to get married and have a home of her own, 16 year-old Ida Underwood, of Johnstown PA, ran away from home.
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2 Boys Nabbed Here for Carrying Pistols
Two boys were held by police and charged with carrying concealed .38 calibre revolvers after detectives found them loitering near the Sears-Roebuck Company on Bridge Entrance road.
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Police Invite Bandits to Nice Shooting Party
Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1928 But Yeggs Must Leave Gats at Home While Cops Practice With Camden's new Desperado Eliminators Wanted: Targets for Camden's new desperado eliminators.
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'Voodoo' Is Held for Murder
Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.